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efficiently, gain more control over their plants, and
streamline production. Those companies which have
not adhered to automation will certainly fall behind
in the competition. “To make an analogy with com-
puters, we can say that most companies in 1980’s
and 1990’s did not use computers, whereas today it
is unimaginable to run a company without compu-
ters. Since the same trend will be observed in plant
automation in the next few years, soon enough it will
be impossible to imagine a non-
automated plant, and no paint
company will be able to survive
with manual paint production
processes,” says Silvio Mendes,
sales executive at Inkmaker for
Latin America.
Such increase in demand for
this kind of equipment is also
attributable to the rapid eco-
nomic growth that Brazil has
been experiencing and how Eu-
ropean countries are interested
in its development. In addition,
the government has released
several credit facilities to speed
up and somewhat stabilize
the economy, while attracting
new investors to this market.
As regards credit, for example,
businesses used their capital
and funds from the BNDES (Na-
tional Bank for Economic and
Social Development) to invest in
new business, which automa-
tically increased sales of both
equipment and services.
Results - ABRE announces packaging industry
results
On February 24, the ABRE (Brazilian Packaging
Association), playing its major role of educating the
packaging supply chain, as well as Brazil’s entire
manufacturing sector, announced the packaging
industry’s results for 2009.
The publication of the ABRE/FGV Macroeconomic Stu-
dy of Packaging, which has been conducted for the
entity for 14 years by the Getulio Vargas Foundation’s
Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE-FGV), one
of the actions of the association which is aimed at
improving the packaging value chain, reaffirming its
representativeness and significance in the Brazilian
economy by providing essential tools and informa-
tion for a better understanding of this universe, and
assisting companies with their strategic planning
and decision-making process.
During a meeting of ABRE members sponsored by
Papirus, Braskem, Wheaton, Henkel, Ibema and Fispal
Tecnologia, lecturer and coordi-
nator of economic analysis for the
IBRE-FGV Salomão Quadros presen-
ted the closing figures for 2009 and
provided his outlook for 2010 for
the packaging industry, which is
considered one of the “thermome-
ters” of industrial activity in Brazil.
The data showed that the packa-
ging industry got over the crisis in
the course of 2009, closing the year
with revenues estimated at R$ 36.2
billion.
The packaging industry’s physical
production in the period decreased
by 3.79 percent. It fell three times
in a row from the first to the third
quarter, down 11.7 percent in the
aggregate. In the fourth quarter,
however, the upturn took shape,
and production gained 8.28 percent,
so that, by December, it had excee-
ded the result for August 2008.
Skylack opens São Bernardo
sales office
Furthering its growth target for the
automotive refinish market, Skylack Tintas e Vernizes
has opened a sales office in São Bernardo do Campo,
São Paulo in order to be closer to customers and fur-
ther improve its service. The new facility, in a 1,200 sq.
m area in downtown São Bernardo, is large and has a
parking lot and space for courses and social functions.
With the new office, the company expects to be even
closer to its customers and suppliers, including tech-
nical support.
With only five years in the business, Skylack star-
ted out manufacturing varnishes for wood under
directors Luiz Fernando Fruet and Claudio Scontre,